|
Stoke City face a trip to Southampton at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 19 out of 29 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in October 2006, the Saints carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Apr | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 16 Mar | Southampton | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 13 Oct | Stoke City | 1 - 3 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 05 May | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Saints's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Stoke City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Potters's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Southampton are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 0 points from their 2 games thus far. Stoke City are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 2 games giving them a return of 6 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stoke City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Stoke City | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 11 games since last defeat. |